AUSTRALIA - Cyclone Glenda hits Australia

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Cyclone Glenda hits

Australia

Thursday,

March 30, 2006; Posted: 5:38 p.m. EST

(22:38 GMT)

 

PERTH, Australia (AP) -- The

remote northwest Australian fishing town of Onslow was lashed by torrential

rain and winds gusting at 160 km/h (100 mph) as severe tropical cyclone Glenda

crossed the coast late Thursday from the

Indian Ocean, government weather authorities said.

There were no immediate reports of substantial damage or

injuries.

About 500 people were evacuated from the town of Karratha as Glenda bore down on

the coast.

The cyclone first hit land along the sparsely populated Pilbara

coast of Western Australia state, about 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) north of

the state capital, Perth, at about 4 p.m. local time (0800 GMT), Bureau of Meteorology manager Grahame Reader said.

Its full fury hit Onslow, a town of about 800, at about 7 p.m. (1100 GMT), senior meteorologist

Grant Elliott said.

" Flooding is going to be an issue, " said Grant,

adding that the cyclone had brought 20 centimeters (8 inches) of rain in two

hours.

A bureau statement said the eye of the storm was located

over Onslow at 9 p.m. (1300 GMT) and it was expected to track south and weaken overland.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WEATHER/03/30/australia.glenda.ap/index.html

 

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